diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ead328..68aec54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ Annotations can be added to the Gitea pod.
 | extraVolumes                              | Additional volumes to mount to the Gitea statefulset   | {}          |
 | extraVolumeMounts                         | Additional volumes mounts for the Gitea containers     | {}          |
 | initPreScript                             | Bash script copied verbatim to start of init container |             |
+| securityContext                           | Run as a specific securityContext                      | {}          |
 
 ### Image
 
diff --git a/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml b/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml
index 410eed8..13ee503 100644
--- a/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ spec:
             failureThreshold: 3
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
+          securityContext:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: data
               mountPath: /data
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 574cafb..b739146 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ image:
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
 
+securityContext: {}
+
 service:
   http:
     type: ClusterIP